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  2. /Indicating ability with ことができる
  3. /zikan wo tomerukoto ha dekimasen.

zikan wo tomerukoto ha dekimasen.

時じ間かん を 止とめること は できません。zikan wo tomerukoto ha dekimasen.
(You) cannot stop time.
Using は in this sentence might be more suitable because it is more all-encompassing than が (it implies that no one can stop time), while が is more specific and might refer to something like being unable to stop time on a personal capacity.
zikan wo tomerukoto ha dekimasen.

Note

Using は in this sentence might be more suitable because it is more all-encompassing than が (it implies that no one can stop time), while が is more specific and might refer to something like being unable to stop time on a personal capacity.

Breakdown of zikan wo tomerukoto ha dekimasen.

はha
topic particle
をwo
direct object particle
止とめるtomeru
to stop ...
できるdekiru
to be able to do
〜こと〜koto
thing; situation; verb nominalizer
時じ間かんzikan
time
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Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasitaHepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita
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